A GUIDE FOR KEEPERS OF POULTRY 123 
EGG-FOOD.—The best poultrymen do not use egg- 
foods, as they believe that stimulation at one time leads 
to loss at another, but a good many think this class of 
condimental feeds necessary, and we give a formula that 
is probably as good as any other—certainly as valuable 
as the so-called egg-foods so freely offered for sale: 
Powdered mustard Seed ..... 0... cee ce cere en eens 5 ounces 
POwdered Tentigreeke 3. .cjactes ue osha heasdaia eatiians 4 ounces 
Sodium: sulphate sais vesesesicss veanngiews ca canes teaeaeaees 1 ounce 
Table salt, carbonate of iron, red pepper, ground gin- 
ger, black antimony and bone meal, of each ..... 4g ounce 
Linseed meal ssi visscscsuss sama sens ewkeetne wanna? 5 ounces 
Mix and keep dry. Use one tablespoonful in each quart 
of the ground feed used in making mash. Feed two or 
three times in a week. 
EGGS, FLAVOR OF.—Feed affects the flavor of eggs. 
There is a certain delicate flavor in a fresh egg from a 
hen fed sound, wholesome feed that is never found in the 
egg from a hen that has been compelled to dig her feed 
out of a manure pile or that has had access to decaying 
animal matter or sour vegetable feed. Hens should never 
be fed anything that their owner would not eat without 
fear of disaster if he were really hungry. 
EGGS, FEED COST OF.—During 1909 the Kansas 
State Agricultural College tested two pens of hens with 
a view to determining the feed cost of eggs. These hens 
were pure-breds but of unknown pedigree, as there was 
no record of the performance of their dams as layers. 
One pen contained 11 Plymouth Rocks and the other 19 
White Leghorns. The Plymouth Rocks in the eight 
months from Feb. 1 to Oct. 1 laid 1,499 eggs, an average 
of 136 each, at a cost for feed of $8.81—practically 10 
cents each per month. The eggs sold for $25.56, leaving 
